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The Seventh Survivor 1941

Sub-Hitchcock espionage mystery set during WWII. Following the torpedoing of a neutral ship en-route to Lisbon, 6 of the surviving passengers plus the captain of the subsequently sunk German u-boat are holed up on a lighthouse with keepers Wally Patch and Ronald Shiner. Amongst the passengers are 2 anonymous agents - 1 British, 1 German. A game of cat and mouse involving murder and countless red herrings ensues whilst all on the lighthouse attempt to prove they are who they claim to be.

Marky B

Watched a little curio last night,The Secret Agent,written and directed by Christopher Hampton,and starring Bob Hoskins,Patricia Arquette,Gerard Depardue,Christian Bale,Jim Broadbent and an uncredited Robin Williams. Well made with some humour.
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Rob Compton

In honour of Sir John, I watched Morning Departure (1950) a quietly made understated film about a submarine disaster off Portland in the English Channel. The sort of film that Sir John did so well, as his acting seemed effortless. Had the additional bonus of Nigel Patrick as his second in command.

Not perhaps the best film in Sir John's career, but typical of the rare quality that he brought to nearly every part he undertook.

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Rob

Merton Park

I love The Long Arm, a superb and very underrated film. There was another one quite similar, also starring Jack Hawkins calledGideon's Day, not as good though.

I think, from memory, the store used was Peter Jones, corner of Sloane Square and Kings Road, not House of Fraser(Army & Navy) Victoria.

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DOCTOR AT LARGE - 1957

This must be the third time I've seen this in as many years and each time I watch it it seems to get better and better.

It has a wonderful cast, probably the best I've seen in a British comedy: Dirk Bogarde, JR Justice, Donald Sindon, Shirley Eaton, Lional Jefferies and on and on (Bernard Miles has just a couple of lines!)

Merton Park

Do you have a copy of Yesterday's Enemy? I 've been searching for some time, any clues where to find one?

DB7

There's a few copies going on ebay although I wouldn't vouch for the picture quality; Yesterday's Enemy

The_Late_Peter_Cook

I'm not sure if MOONFLEET - 1955 is British or not. It's stars Stewart Granger, George Sanders and Joan Greenwood are undeniably British, but the supporting cast seems to be made up of "Hollywood English" actors such as Melville Cooper and Alan Napier who seldem seem to venture out of America.

Still a great little movie (and Greenwood is still very, very foxy...)

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THE DESPERATE MAN (1959) another B-programmer starring Conrad Philips, Jill Ireland and William Hartnell. A murder of an innocent tourist at a out-of-the-way castle leads to two journalists becoming the hostages of a ruthless criminal atop the castle's tower.

A slow starter, this one gets much more interesting when the pair are taken hostage and the action switches to the battlements. Worth looking at mainly for the appearance of a young Jill Ireland (then about 23 IIRC) Nicely villainous portrayal by Hartnell to.

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MURDER SHE SAID - 1961

Margaret Rutherford and James Robertson Justice are always watchable, even if the movie itself falls a bit flat (for some reason MGM's B&W British movies tend to look a bit drab).

The main flaw in this Christie adaption is that the murderer is the American 'name actor' and so a bit obvious (my favourite is MURDER MOST FOUL, which avoids that trap)

Marky B

Gideon's Day was surprisingly directed by John Ford,he of the John Wayne westerns.
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Jim S.

The Ship That Died of Shame (1955).
It has been released in the U.S. as part of the "British World War II Collection" from Anchor Bay. The five-pack includes Dam Busters, Went the Day Well, The Cruel Sea and The Colditz Story. The only one I had seen before is Dam Busters from about 35 years ago on TV. The movies are excellent. If only Anchor Bay would do more of this kind of thing rather that the slasher movies and work out tapes.

The_Late_Peter_Cook

That's a great little movie. I don't think it's available on DVD over here (at least it wasn't last year, when I had to settle for buying the video).

Very under-rated, though sadly it's star, George Baker, has very bad memories concerning it's director.

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MORGAN - A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT - 1966

In some ways this is very dated indeed (while the same director's SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING still seems fresh and vivid to me) and doesn't seem to quite measure up to it's reputation.

David Warner does very well with what I think is his only starring role and the script bristles with quoteable lines, but some how it never quite comes together for me.

Hackett

He did star in a 1970 short "THE ENGAGEMENT". Tom Stoppard wrote it as a radio play "The Dissolution Of Dominic Boot". Warner plays Boot who spends more than he can afford on his girlfriends engagement ring and can't pay thier taxi fare. I don't think it has been on TV and can't remember what main film I saw it with but it was very funny.